America 250th Niue Half Dollar Dorchester Heights

Celebrate the road to independence ahead of America's 250th anniversary with the 17th coin in our exclusive half dollar series!

• Coin honors General Washington's plan to reclaim Boston from the British by fortifying Dorchester Heights
• On March 4, 1776, the colonists brought 59 cannons – originally from Fort Ticonderoga – uphill by using straw to muffle the sound of the wheels moving
• When the British awoke the next morning, they were shocked to see what the Americans had accomplished and quickly evacuated the city
• Prooflike finish and encapsulated
• Half dollar issued as legal tender for Niue
• Reverse displays George Washington looking over Boston as he stands next to one of the cannon's his troops had brought from Fort Ticonderoga
• Common obverse features an American bald eagle and the seal for the island of Niue

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